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It's been a little while since I have written anything, guess I have been keeping myself busy and figuring out what my new normal is.. I can conclude that 'normal' is something that may change yearly, monthly or weekly - Being less worried about 'normal' and more content with 'what is' seems a much better …

Well, it's been a while again... Whether I have been too busy rushing around or simply have nothing to talk about I am not quite sure. But nothing like a 9 hour transit in Tokyo to get me writing again! Fair to say that when I started full time work at Ernst & Young late …

I have just spent the last two weeks in Palma de Mallorca, coaching two young kiwi girls - twins Courtney & Brianna (C&B), sailing in their first European event in my old boat. It was the first time I have really been back around Olympic sailing since Rio, and it was rather eye opening in …

Happy to have closed out 2017, it was a rollercoaster year for me, highs and lows and huge amounts of uncertainty and eventually change... I feel now that 2018 is a chance for a new blank page, to start from where I am now and to see what I can build, where I can grow …

I have been working at Ernst & Young for 2 weeks now... And you know what? So far I am really enjoying it! A little to my surprise 🙂 It is a jump into something very new, there is an incredible amount of information to take on - and I can see that my rate …

I have been in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the last week in my role on the Athletes Commission for World Sailing. Which consists of a multitude of very long meetings discussing all sorts of topics of varying usefulness, with about 20% being things that will create some useful change. But I guess this is the …

Sometimes my mind just goes around in circles... I guess we all do that to varying degrees. Today, it is the ‘oh dear what am I doing’, watching everyone I know off all over the world, Japan, China, traveling... Living that exciting life.That was my routine for the last thirteen years, I was always the …

It’s an interesting process, renting a house, setting it up, making a ‘home’, all very grown up things in my eyes - Things I have avoided in my life thus far 🙂 I have been back in NZ now for about three weeks, I have kept it rather hectic, trying to get settled as fast …

My mind is happily made up, my contract signed, in mid November I will be starting something completely different to anything I have ever done before. This unknown-ness is ultimately what led me to go in this direction. I believe that I don't really know something until I try it, so why not try something …

It's a strange feeling arriving back in New Zealand, 6 months away - Yes, I know, not actually that long, but the longest I have ever been away in one go! I guess I expected a little more to change back here, but it just really doesn't... Ahh, the beauty of a small country very …